S 2309: Requires state agencies that issue requests for proposals to provide notification to elected officials for requests for proposals for projects in excess of ten million dollars.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2309 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 16, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Procurement and Contracts AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to requiring state agencies that issue requests for proposals to provide notification to elected officials for requests for proposals for projects in excess of ten million dollars The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 139-k of the state finance law is amended by adding 2 a new subdivision 7 to read as follows: 3 7. a. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "state agency" shall 4 mean the office of general services, empire state development, and any 5 other agency or instrumentality of the state authorized to issue 6 requests for proposals. 7 b. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "elected official" shall 8 mean any person holding public office in the state's executive body, the 9 state legislature, or in a local municipal legislative body, including 10 but not limited to, elected county, city, town, or village officials. 11 c. Any state agency that issues a request for proposals for a project 12 for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of 13 facilities with a total project cost of ten million dollars or more 14 shall provide notification to elected officials of the issuance of such 15 request for proposals as provided in this subdivision. Such notification 16 shall be made to every elected official whose jurisdiction includes, in 17 whole or in part, any territory located within the geographic area of 18 the zip code or codes in which such project is located. Such notifica- 19 tion shall be made by such state agency to such elected officials by 20 email and regular mail and shall be made at least thirty days before 21 such request for proposals is issued. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 23 the amendments made to section 139-k of the state finance law by section 24 one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be 25 deemed repealed therewith. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04918-01-5